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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. GREENE, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,003, dated June 6, 1882.

Application filed October 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. GREENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Revolving Wheel Rakes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horse hay rakes of that class in which the rake and its attachments are placed forward of the wheels and in full view of the driver; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and be specifically pointed out in the claim.

Thc'objects of the invention are to provide ready, simple, and efficient means for raising the rake from the ground bodily in turning, or for transporting it from one field to another, and to look it in such raised position, and to so construct the raising means that they may be readily and instantly disengaged at will.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a partof this specification, and in which-- Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a top plan view; Fig. 3, a detail of the raising-lever, 85c. Fig. 4, a vertical section; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the main frame, mounted upon ordinary ridingwheels, to the front cross-bar of which is loosely secured by proper straps the curved draw-bars O, to which in turn is similarly secured the rake-head S, as shown. To the rake-head are also strapped the bars B, which, in connection with the cross-bar (1, form a rectangular frame within easy reach of the driver. the bars B are springdogs 45, which serve, in relation to the lugs 0 upon the rake-head, as a means to trip the rake as the frame B d is raised. Dependent from the bars B are stops n, which serve, when in operative position, to prevent the rake from tripping, and a rod, f, connects each stop rod or standard with the curved draw-bar O. From this construc- Secured to tion it will be observed that as the bar 01 is raised not only do the spring dogs t act upon the lugs 0 to turn the rake, but that the elevation of the bars B through the rods f rake is effected by a novel device which I will now explain.

Pivoted to the portion 1) of the frame A is a hand-lever, a, to which is pivoted a hook, a, the said hook being adapted to be readily thrown in operation to raise the rake, as seen in dotted lines, Fig. 4, and the lever a locked by a pin, m, to the bar I), or to be thrown out of operation and out of the way, as seen in Fig. 5. I

The location, arrangement, and construction of the hook a, lever 01, and the pin m to lock through the hole in the end of the lever 01. are deemed to be the important features of this invention, in their relation to the bar I), pivoted draw-bar G, and rake-head.

From this description the operation of the device is obvious.

What I claim asnew is- The combination, with the rake-head S, pivoted draw bars 0, and the bar I) of the main frame, of the book a, pivoted to the lever a, the lever a, pivoted to the bar b, and the fixed pin m, adapted to lock the lever a to the bar 12 when the rake is elevated, the whole being arranged and adapted to serve substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

THOMAS W. GREENE.

Witnesses:

H. L. THAYER, E. LONGYEAR. 

